Alexander Zhukov, president of Russia's Olympic Committee, attends a wreath laying ceremony to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow in this file photo taken on February 23, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
BERLIN (Reuters) - Russian Olympic chief Alexander Zhukov has been picked to head the team that will evaluate the 2022 winter Olympic bids ahead of next year's decision, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday.
Zhukov, a former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation who became an IOC member in 2013, has fresh experience from organising Games, having played a key part in the $50-billion (30.7 billion pounds) 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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